Coolify Reviews

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Coolify mentions (96)

• How I built my own Railway at just just $2/mo with 4 CPU cores and 7.7 GB of RAM; INSANE!

  Coolify puts those tasks behind a web interface. It is an open-source, self-hosted platform for deploying applications and databases to infrastructure you control. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

• Self-Hosted vs. SaaS: What Coolify Actually Costs (and Where It Gets Expensive)

  That's the gap Coolify walks into. It promises the thing a lot of teams have been quietly thinking: why pay $20 per seat or $25 per process to a US platform when a $6 server hosts the same app? The answer isn't "never" and it isn't "always." It's a calculation — and that calculation has one line item both sides conveniently leave off the landing page. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

• The Cheapest Way to Self-Host Memos in 2026

  Install Coolify (free, open source) on a VPS and deploy Memos from its catalog. You get a web UI and auto-updates, but Coolify itself wants ~2 GB of RAM, which is heavier than the app it is managing. Worth it only if you are already running Coolify for other apps. - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago

• The $847/year Developer Tool Stack That Replaced My $4,200 SaaS Subscriptions

  Coolify is a self-hosted PaaS. Deploy from git, automatic SSL, databases — basically Vercel/Heroku but on your own $5/month VPS. - Source: dev.to / 5 months ago

• I left the Cloud to Coolify

  Before getting to know why we switch from cloud to coolify, ask yourself "what is the cloud?". - Source: dev.to / 6 months ago

Defang mentions (4)

• A Different Way to Think About Deploying Containers to the Cloud

  At Defang, our approach to the original post’s problem is different. Docker Compose is more of a logical description of your application, expressing relationships between services, what’s exposed, etc. Our tool takes a standard Docker Compose file and turns it into cloud‑native infrastructure on AWS or GCP based on some parameters. So when you’re ready to deploy, instead of typing your usual docker compose up, you... - Source: dev.to / 10 months ago

• Deploy n8n to Your Cloud in Minutes with Defang

  The combination of n8n and Defang gives you the best of both worlds: a powerful AI orchestration platform and a painless way to run it in your own cloud. n8n’s recent funding round underlines how important orchestration and coordination are for real‑world AI applications, while Defang’s deployment model removes the DevOps burden. By generating the n8n sample, configuring a handful of secrets and running defang... - Source: dev.to / 11 months ago

• Deploying n8n to AWS with Defang

  A Defang account (sign up at defang.io). - Source: dev.to / 11 months ago

• Ask HN: What are some cool or underrated tech companies based in Canada?

  We are building some exciting cloud deployment tools at https://defang.io. We are making it super easy to manage your deployments through the compose.yaml file you probably already have. The idea is to have a single definition of your application, that you can use locally, and project it into any cloud. We're a small team based in Vancouver. If you're in town, reach out and come visit: jordan.stephens@defang.io. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago